Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28745, Jacob Goodrich, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Goodrich, Jacob
S-28745
CONTENTS

New York 24. v. 24694 Jacob Goodrich
of Onondaga in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Balder of the reg t - commanded by Col t Patterson in the Mass t m i . line for 10 1/2 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 35 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 day of Jany. 1834 and sent to Hon ble Mr s Taylor H Rep r
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833. $87.50 Semi-ann. allowance ending Feb y 1834 - 17.50 $105.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, { set June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book Vol. 4 Page 102

State of New York Saratoga County
On this 15 th day of August 1832 personally appears before me James Thompson first Judge of the County Courts in and for said County Allen Goodrich, of the Town of Milton in said County, who being duly sworn before him the said Judge, deposes on his Oath, deposes & says that he was a Soldier for a short time, in the revolutionary War, that he is Brother to Jacob Goodrich of Falesius in the County of Onondaga & is well acquainted with him, that deponent & said Jacob both resided in the Town of Lenox, County of Berkshire & State of Massa- chusetts, during the whole period of the revolutionary War, and before and after that period, that he was knowing in the year 1775 that said Jacob enlisted into Capt Charles Dible's Company of Infantry, Lieutenant Simon Smith, both of Lenox aforesaid and Lieutenant Moses Porter of Stockbridge in Berkshire County aforesaid said, and went & served as was said, & as deponent well believes, in the month of April of that year, in the neighborhood of Boston, under said Officers, that he returned home in January 1776 in company with Samuel Goodrich another brother of deponent who enlisted as aforesaid for the term of Eight months, but were both absent as much as Nine months - that when they returned home as aforesaid they were reported to have Enlisted again under Capt Da- vid Noble of Pittsfield in said County of Berkshire, for the term of one year, that after a very short stay at home the said Jacob hired one David Gray of Lenox aforesaid to go for him as a substitute during said year of enlistment, & gave him a Gun & full set of equipments for a private Soldier, knapsack & blanket, besides his pay as a soldier, for taking his place as such substitute - that the said David Gray did go in company with said Samuel, in few days for Boston, where the said Samuel died before the said month of January 1776 expired & that said David was reported to have served as substitute for said Jacob, the whole term of his enlistment that deponent is certain that said Jacob never was called on by said Noble or any other Officer to serve any part of said term of Enlistment And further that the said Jacob went afterwards as a soldier to the north under Capt Oliver Belden & was gone about a month - & further saith no
Sworn & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me James Thompson first Judge Saratoga County
Allen Goodrich

State of New York Saratoga County Clerks Office
I Thomas Palmer Clerk of the County of Saratoga, do certify that James Thompson who has subscribed his name to the jurat of the within affidavit, was at the date thereof the first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Saratoga, acting under the authority of the said State of New York -
Witness my hand and seal of office the fifteenth day of August 1832 -
Thomas Palmer Clerk of the Court of Saratoga
I James Thompson, late first Judge of the County Courts in & for the County of Saratoga, State of New York, being the same before whom, the within affidavit of Allen Goodrich was sworn to, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with said deponent & have been so acquainted for thirty years past part, that he is a man of truth & veracity, & that his statement in said affidavit is entitled to full credit & belief - Witness my hand at Ballston Spa in said County this 31 st day of October 1833
James Thompson
State of New York Saratoga County
I Alpheus Goodrich Clerk of the County of Saratoga do certify that James Thompson before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been sworn, and who has subscribed the above Certificate of the Credibility of Allen Goodrich, the deponent named in the within Affidavit, was at the date of the within Affidavit first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his hand writing & hereby believe his name subscribed to the Jurat of the within Affidavit, and to the above Certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature -
Witness my hand and seal of Office the the 31 st day of October 1833 -
A Goodrich Clerk

12,079 Jacob Goodrich
5. 17 P. 360
Horace p. 33 W. Taylor 29 H R George Pettit. Julius Enon daga County Agent Oct 10 1935
D. L. Miller
Grandaga
CTT Hon. W. Taylor HR

BRIEF in the case of  Jacob Goodrich  6 o of Onondago in the State of New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? As enlocust  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 78 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     April In 1775 9 Private Gen. Dibble Col. Patterson   hired a substitute Col. Noble   1777 1 " Col. Balden    The applicant states that he served at different times one or two months
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Berkshire Co. Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are not attached or reg. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Lutter Examining Clerk.

12.079
Jacob Goodrich
Rf b. E. D. Bangs
Dec 7 33
Adm o .
10 mo. 15 d
35.00
Hon a Wm Taylor House Reps George Pitts Esq Fabius New York

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
Dec 7 to '33
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Jacob Goodrich
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.              
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. ☞ This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
In the office of the Secretary of the State of Massachusetts are rolls of the Militia of that State. By applying to E. D. Esq. Secy of the State

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
□ The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
It was endorsed by the War Department...

28 745 Ray  INVALID.  am
File No. 28, 745
Jacob Goodrich
Rev Rev War
Act: 1 st June 39 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 158
[Arrangement of 1870.]

June 11-1901 Mrs. N. N. Webster Apulia N.Y.

Extract from a letter to His Excellency Levi Lincoln, dated Nov. 9 th 1832.
"The payrolls and documents relating to the services of the "State Troops" "Militia", and to the "Naval Service", are, (as I had the honour to describe in a communication to the War Department of 3 d of Sept r last) very irregular, imperfect and incomplete, and, until recently, lying in one undigested mass. Except in a few instances, which will appear by the Catalogue, they consist of loose Company Rolls, or of Town lists of Drafted men, without being arranged in any order as to the period or description of service, or the Regiment to which the Companies were attached. They appear to be generally, the Original Company Rolls, which were certified by the Colonel or Captain and laid before the Council for allowance. The balances due on them are usually stated on the back, certified by the Secretary, and a minute is entered thereon of a Warrant drawn for the amount on the State Treasury. These rolls, or copies of them, it would seem, should have been sent to the Treasury with the Warrants. But no rolls, either Original or in copy, are to be found there; so that if ever deposited in that Office, they were returned to the Secretary's Office. There is a great difference in the Rolls as to completeness and accuracy. Generally, they state the time of service of the Company, and the name of the Colonel, and in most instances, the particular service in which the Company was engaged, as for instance — Roll of Capt. — Company in Col. — Regiment "on the service at Rhode Island" — or "on the expedition to Penobscot" &c. from — to —. But in many instances, the roll is deficient in some of these particulars. There is also a considerable number of duplicates — Also of rolls running into each other ;
if

if I may so express it; as for instance, one Roll contains an account of services from January to June , and another Roll of the same Company, an account of services from March to August , of course including a portion of the time described in the first roll. Many of the duplicates are precisely alike except that the amount of pay is carried out at a larger sum in one roll than in the other. — a circumstance accounted for by the fact that the State often voted additional pay as an encouragement for particular services in addition to the regular or Continental pay; so that one roll was probably made out for the Continental pay, and another to include the State bounty in addition. There was no uniformity in the manner of making out the Rolls; some containing many more particulars than others. There are commonly 6 or 7 columns in each, stating the "names" — "time of enlistment" — "time of discharge" — "whole time of service" — "pay per month" — "whole amount of pay" — &c. Others are more and others less particular.
The "rolls" generally relate to the Militia, State troops and Volunteers. There are besides many "Lists" furnished by the Selectmen of towns, of men raised to recruit the Continental Army for short periods, principally of men raised for 6 months in 1780 — These lists or town rolls generally mention the time of service of each man named in them, but do not describe his company or regiment, because the men thus raised were sent on in temporary detachments under Muster Masters, and on their arrival at Head Quarters were distributed among the different regiments. The most embarrassing circumstance is that a considerable portion of the original rolls of the State troops and Militia who were in actual service, are missing — though I now think the deficiency is not so extensive as I imagined when I first began to examine the rolls — It is, however, clearly

clearly ascertained, that there were many companies certainly in the service of which not a roll remains. Of very many of the Companies only a portion of the rolls are to be found. Perhaps a roll of a particular Company will be found from January to April - then another from August to November, but none for the intermediate time from April to August. The rolls are particularly deficient as to what is called the 8 months service in 1775 and 76. What became of these rolls it is impossible to say. If they were never returned how did the men get their pay? If they were, why are they not on file? I think they must have been returned, and were subsequently mislaid and lost. They have been searched for in vain."
(signed)
"Edward D. Bangs Secretary,"

To the Honorable J. L. Edwards Comr of Pensions
Sir - Your favor of the 10 Sept 1833, relating to the Pension applications of Jacob Goodrich, Thomas Keeney & Josiah Andrews, came duly to hand, & is herewith annexed to the original & Supplemental Papers of Mr Goodrich, together with the Printed Brief in his case. - The Letter suggests no objection in Keeney's case, but the want of the magistrate's certificate, to the credibility of his witnesses - As I was that magistrate, my certificates to the affidavits of Daniel Peck and Samuel Webster, authenticated by the Seal & of the County Clerk, were supplied, & his papers were forthwith forwarded again to the department - This would have been done before, had the objection been found among those contained in the Brief first returned with his papers.
Your Letter suggests the same difficulty in Mr Goodrich's application - His Witnesses are scattered & remote - and the applicant, being impatient of the delay & of his wants, - & it being doubtful as to the present residence of Abiah Jarvis Esqr, the Justice before whom Thomas Benedict was sworn, - & knowing myself, the character of the witness, from a long and intimate acquaintance, I have testified upon my Oath, to his credibility, believing it will be satisfactory - The affidavits of Eleanor Williams and Allen Goodrich have been taken out of the file & forwarded, to the late first Judges, Edwards of Onondaga, and Thomson of Saratoga Counties, who have respectively added their certificates as required - & the official character of both is duly authenticated by former certificates of the Clerks of the respective Counties - a new authentication is superadded in relation to Judge Thomson, & the same as to Judge Edwards could have been done;

but it was deemed an unnecessary repetition and expense. - The objection in this case of Mr Goodrich, that "the papers are not attached as required," as alleged in the printed Brief, is made upon grounds that cannot be perceived by me . 'Tis true that the ribbon connecting the papers of the original application, was not secured by the Seal of the Clerk, but on their return, with those of his supplemental declaration, made in answer to the First brief of objections, the whole were attached, as I understand the regulations require. I refer you Sir, to the foregoing certificate of Mr Hesp. the County Clerk, explaining the apparent violation of his Official Seal, the occasion of it, & the manner in which two of the affidavits were taken out of the file & again restored - I allow myself now to hope, that what has been done in the two cases of Thomas Kearny, & Isaac Goodrich, as their papers show, & is herein explained, will be satisfactory as to all proceeding objections & that certificates in their favor will be sent on, with all convenient speed - - -
I am very respectfully, your obliged and Chief Servt Geo Pettit
Tribus, Onondaga County N. Y. Nov. 16-1833

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Jacob Goodrich Orange NY which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? no V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? no — "one or two months" not definite Substituted Service not allowed in estimating time for a pension. VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? no VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

 XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no  XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  XIV. †If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? no If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? no Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? no  XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? no  XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no  XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 1 2 5 6 7 
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Supplemental Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 made in addition to an original declaration, to which this is annexed, to obviate the foregoing printed objections to said Original declaration which are "answered in the negative in red ink" as requiring "further proof or explanation"
State of New York County of Onondaga } On this 24 th day of May 1833 personally appeared in open Court before George Pettit a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and general Sessions of the Peace in xxxx sitting at and for the said County, Jacob Goodrich, a resident of the Town of Fabius, County of Onondaga & State of New York, who, being first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his Oath, make the following supplemental declaration - That in reply to objection number Five, answered as aforesaid, the declarant states that the service

mentioned in said original declaration as performed in 1777 to the north, amounted, as the declarant verily believes to one month and a half, & to be definite, he puts that service at a month and a half - That the other short terms of service next afterwards mentioned in said Original declaration, the declarant now defines to have amounted to two months service - That he did was a Sergeant & did Sergeant's duty the Month and a half above mentioned in the year 1777. - That he did & performed twenty days service personally, under the Enlistment with Captain Hale, as mentioned in his said original declaration in 1776 - That the whole amount of service mentioned in said original declaration, as a private, is Eleven Months and five days and One Month and a half as Orderly Sergeant, in of the service performed by David Gray as stated therein. - That in regard to said service of said Gray the allowance of which is objected to in "red ink" the declarant has deposed in said original declaration that he had heard that said Gray was dead, & now deposes the same to be true as he verily believes, having heard nothing about him for a great many years, excepting that he is dead - That he, therefore cannot claim a pension on account of the service so performed for the declarant - That the Declarant is very infirm, aged, poor and needy, and has put in his claim for the service performed by said Gray as being his son , and also from information that substitute service is allowed in cases where the substitute does not apply himself, and that his neighbour John Swift, whose application was made in December last, was allowed for substitute service, - That in answer to objection Number Seventeen, answered in the negative as aforesaid, the declarant deposes and says, that he was born in the Town of Kensington (now Berlin) Hartford County and State of Connecticut, the 21 st day of September 1753. That he has no record of his age - That in addition to the names of Generals Washington, Lee, Arnold & Putnam, men-
David Gray

tioned in said Original Declaration, the Declarant re- collects now only the names of Captain Mans Ashley and Lieutenant Cook, Colonel Reed & Major Eddy who were with the troops where he served near Barton - That he never received a written or printed discharge from the service. That in addition to the names of George Pettit and Nathan- iel Baron, whose certificate on Oath is annexed to his said original Declaration, the declarant now states the names of Elijah Goodrich, William Fox and David Sears as per- sons to whom he is known in his present neighborhood and who can testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution. That the declarant makes this supplemental declaration, at his own house, because he is unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, that his health is daily declining & particularly since this declaration was drafted with a view to his attending the Court next week, which is the cause of the Erasures in the caption - - - - -
South Scodack.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before
George Pettit Judge of Onondaga County Courts
We William Fox and David Sears - residing in the Town of Faubus, County of Onondaga & State of New York hereby cer- tify that both we are well acquainted with Jacob Goodrich who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing supplemental Declaration, that we believe him to be eighty years of age next September, that he is respected & believed, in the neighbor- hood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution. & that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before George Pettit Judge of Onondaga County Courts
William Fox David Sears
And I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War depart- ment, that the above-named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, & served as he states. - And I further certify that it appears to me, that William Fox and David Sears who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents in the Town of Faubus in said County, and are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit - and further that the foregoing supple- mental declaration was drafted by me as far as the caption before see- ing the declarant to be informed of his weakness, in order to be made in after Court, which is the cause of the Erasures therein & I now certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity attend the Court -
Given under my hand and Seal at Faubus in said County this 24 th day of May 1838 George Pettit Judge of Onondaga County Courts

State of New York County of Onondaga
I Reuben L. Hef, Clerk of the Courts of Common Pleas and general Sessions of the Peace in & for the County of Onondaga do hereby certify that George Pettit Esquire before whom the last preceding affidavits purport to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the judges of the Onondaga County Courts and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe his name subscribed to the jurat of said Affidavits and the within declaration to be his proper hand writing and genuine signatures Witness my hand and Seal of Office this 29th day of May 1833 R. L. Hef Clerk
State of New York County of Onondaga
I Reuben L. Hef, Clerk of the County Courts in and for the said County & the same person and Officer whose name and broken Seal are signed and affixed to the above certificate Dated 29th May 1833, do hereby certify that George Pettit Esq presented to me, on or about the 20th of October last the foregoing papers, all attached together with the ribbon now used for the same purpose, & secured with my official Seal then unbroken, as the whole went out of my hands on the said 29th of May - that I then broke the seal myself, at his request in order that the foregoing affidavits of Eleanor Williams & Allen Goodrich might be taken out and sent to the respective magistrates before whom they were taken & sworn to, for their certificates to the credibility of said deponents, as required in the annexed Letter of J. L. Edwards Dated Sept 10th 1833 - That the foregoing are the identical papers, with no alteration, except the said certificates, secured as aforesaid - that I now annex the letter of said Edwards, the printed brief, and a letter of Explanation of said Pettit - Witness my hand and seal of Office this 26th day of November 1833 R. L. Hef Clerk
George Pettit Esq Onondaga County NY Sept - Jacob Goodrich

State of New York
Onondaga County ss. On the twenty first day of August instant personally appeared before me Capt Ebenezer Williams a resident of the town of Herkian in said county and being by me duly sworn deposes and says that he was a soldier in the revolutionary war and that he enlisted in Capt David Stobbs company who resided in Pittfield Massachusetts and that the said company belonged to Col John Pattersons Regiment and that this deponent was at the time he enlisted a resident of the town of Rich- mond in Berkshire County, that he enlisted in the said company on the without twenty third of April in the year one- teen hundred & seventy five and serv- ed in the said company until the first of January thereafter. And this deponent further saith he knew Jacob Goodrich who was a soldier in Capt Charles Dibbles company belonging to the same regiment and also that the said Jacob Goodrich was enlisted and served in the said company for & during the same time this deponent served and that the said regiment in which this deponent & the said Goodrich served was stationed a principal part of the time of their service at the foot of Prospect Hill near Charleston neck in Massachusetts and that their enlistments expired & they were discharged the aforesaid first of January thereafter. And this deponent further saith that the soldiers were all at the time they were discharged on the first day of January

aforsaid requested to stay six weeks, and enlist again and that the said Goodrich did stay but whether he enlisted again or not he cannot state. He also saith that the said Goodrich when he first enlisted was in Linn in Massachusetts and that he now resides in Tully in the county of Onondaga and is the same man who now makes his application for a pension and further he saith not.
Subscribed to me Eleazar Williams
This 21 st day of Aug 1832 Before me
Sam d L. Edwards First Judge of Onondaga County
Samuel L. Edwards, late a Judge of the County Courts in and for the County of Onondaga County, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Eleanor Williams, & have been so acquainted for the term of ten years, & know him to be a man of truth & veracity and his statement in the above affidavit is entitled to full credit & belief and that the word Tully, in the same, is a clerical mistake of mine, & should have been Tadoussac  Tadoussac .
State of New York County of Onondaga } Witness my hand, Albany, Oct 23 rd 1833. Sam d L. Edwards I Reuben S. Hays Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County
do hereby certify that Samuel L. Edwards before whom the preceding Affidavit pur-
ports to have been sworn was on the 21 st day of August 1832 First Judge of the said Court which is a Court of record and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the name "Sam d L. Edwards" subscribed to the jurat of the above affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature and Seal of Office this 13 th . day of September 1832.
R. S. Hays Clerk
Sam d Goodrich 1807

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - - - -
State of New York
Onondaga County
On this 11 th day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before Daniel Manly Esq. Vice Chancellor of the Seventh Circuit of the State of New York, at a Court of Chancery, at the Town in the County of the Court of Onondaga - - - now sitting. Jacob Goodrich, a resident of the Town of Salina, in the County of Onon- daga and State of New York, aged seventy-eight years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated - That first entered the service in the year 1775, by enlisting under Captain Charles Dibble of the Town of Lenox, Berkshire County, & State of Massachusetts, where also the deponent resided, into a company of infantry commanded by him & Lieutenants Simeon Smith of the same place & Amos Porter of Stockbridge in the same County, for the term of Eight months that he marched on the 22 nd day of April of that year with said company which was attached to Col John Patterson's Regiment of the said Town of Lenox, & that it was after marching to Cambridge, near Boston, that he enlisted as aforesaid, and that said Regiment was stationed at a Fort called Fort No 2, near prospect hill in view of Boston, was there at the time, & in sight of the Bunkerhill Bat- tle, & remained there till said term of Enlistment expired and one month after, & was discharged from the service in the month of January 1776 - That he recollects seeing General Washington frequently, & occasionally saw Generals Lee, Arnold & Putnam while on that Station. - That before leaving the said Fort and returning home as aforesaid he enlisted again for the term of one year, under Capt David Noble of Pittsfield Berkshire County

aforesaid, Lieutenant Welch of Richmond in the same County that after enlisting and returning home as aforesaid in the month of January 1776, he hired one David Gray of the said Town of Lenox, to go and serve as his Substitute for the said term of one year, and gave him for said service, besides his pay as a Soldier, a gun, Bayonet, Knapsack, Blanket, and other articles to make out a full equipage for a private soldier, that he had also a brother by the name of Samuel Goodrich, who enlisted at the same time to serve with Captain Noble for one year & that said Gray, & said Samuel, went to join the Company of said Noble at a near Boston in the month of January aforesaid in 1776 where the said Samuel sickened & died in a very few days, that the deponent & said Samuel both left Boston when they returned home as aforesaid, under a furlough from Capt Noble, that said Gray served the year out according to deponent's said enlistment & according to his agreement with said Gray, that Capt Noble nor any of the Officers of his Company or Regiment, nor any other Officer ever afterwards called on deponent, or complained of him for nonperformance of said enlistment or any part thereof - that the company of Capt Noble, after remaining a short time in Boston, was ordered, as the deponent was informed, to the northward, & died, before the year expired, some where about Lake George or Lake Champlain That said Gray continued in the Army after said year expired, and deponent has heard that he is since dead.---
That afterwards, there was a general alarm & call for men to go to the north, in 1777, & in July or August he volunteered in the general turnout & went in Capt Oliver Belden company of Militia of Lenox aforesaid, to Albany & marched thence to the north & encamped the first night at Newcity, near Lansingburgh, and

thence the second night to Fort Miller on the Northriver, thence to Fort Edward & remained there a number of days, thence to Lake George, & was there at the blowing up of a Fort, & returned to Kingsbury, mounted thence after a few days to within a short distance of Shenoborough & then returned to Kingsbury, where part of the men were dismissed among whom was the deponent, that he then returned home to Len- ox aforesaid after being gone a month or something more - - - That he recollects seeing General Fellows while on this tour of service from Sheffield of Massachusetts. - That he turned out very often in time of Alarm at other times, during the revolutionary War, in scouting parties after Tories, and other general calls - that he went once to Bennington a distance of forty miles under Capt Wells of Lenox, once to Springfield Mass. about forty miles with Capt Hyde of Lenox and once to Kinderhook thirty  miles, & to other places of like distance, making in all between one and two months service. - - - That he has no documentary evidence, & that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service, excepting the depositions of Allen Goodrich, Thomas Benedict, and Solomon Williams hereto annexed. - That the regular Clergyman of the society to which he belongs, has re- cently removed to Monroe County N. Y. & therefore there is no person of that description acquainted with the deponent, who can be pro- cured to certify as to his age, & reputation as a Soldier of the Revolution He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever, to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. - - - Sworn, & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Jacob Goodrich mark
Daniel Mosely Circuit Judge

We Nathaniel Bacon and George Pettit residing in the said Town of Falmouth do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Goodrich who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be twenty eight years old, and a man of unquestionable truth and veracity, and that his statement is entitled to credit, but not living in his immediate neighborhood where his reputation as a revolutionary soldier would be more likely to be spoken of than in our vicinity four or five miles distant, we cannot testify on that subject - that we have known him as much as ten years & always heard him well spoken of -
Sworn this 11. day of Sept. 1832
George Pettit Nathl Bacon
Daniel Moseley Conc'd Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the Ward Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that immediate George Pettit and Nathaniel Bacon who have signed the preceding affidavit were residents of the Town of Falmouth in the County of Onondaga, that they are credible persons, and their statement is entitled to credit.
Daniel Moseley V. Chancellor
Isaac Goodrich

I Daniel T. Mosely Deputy Clerk of the Court of Chancery for the Seventh Circuit do hereby certify that the foregoing con- tains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Goodrich for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands and seal of office, this 11 th day of September, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two —
Daniel T. Mosely Deputy Clerk

We Nathaniel Bacon and George Pettet residing in the said Town of Fabius do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jacob Goodrich who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be twenty eight years old, and a man of unquestionable truth and veracity, and that his statement is entitled to credit, but not living in his immediate neighborhood where his reputation as a revolutionary soldier would be more likely to be spoken of than in our vicinity far as five miles distant, we cannot testify on that subject - that we have known him as much as ten years & always heard him well spoken of.
Given this 11. day of Sept. 1832
George Pettet Nathl Bacon Daniel Mosely Conc'd Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the Ward Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that George Pettet and Nathaniel Bacon who here signed the preceding are residents of the Town of Fabius in the County of Onondaga, that they are credible persons, and their statement is entitled to credit.
Daniel Mosely Dr Chancellor
Jacob Goodrich

State of New York
Franklin County Franklin County
On this 17 day of August 1832 personally ap- pears before Alvah Davis a Justice of the peace in & for said County, Thomas Benedict of the Town of Graton, Village of McLean in said County, who being duly sworn before him the said Justice, doth, on his oath depose & say, that he was a sol- dier in the revolutionary War, that in April 1775 he resided in the Town of Leaden in the County of Berkshire in the State of Massachusetts, & was then well acquainted with Jacob Good- rich, then a resident of the Town of Lenox in said County of Berk- shire, but now of the Town of Tazewell in the County of Onondaga State of New York, who enlisted about that time in to Capt Charles Dibble's Company of Infantry, of Lenox aforesaid, Lieut- enant Simon Smith of the same place & Lieutenant Moses Porter of Stockbridge, Berkshire County, that Lemuel Goodrich his brother enlisted also as aforesaid, both for the term of Eight Months and the deponent belonged at first to Capt William Goodrich, Company, Lieutenant David Pixley of Stockbridge aforesaid, & that both Companies belonged to Col John Patterson's Regiment which was stationed at a Fort near Prospect Hill in the neigh- borhood of Boston, that soon afterwards deponent was attached to said Capt Dibble's Company, in which said Jacob, Lemuel & deponent served at that place till sometime in the month of January 1776, about which time said Lemuel & Jacob enlisted for a year under Capt David Noble of Pittsfield, Berk- shire County, Lieutenant Wilkins of Richmond in the same County returned home with Capt Noble for leave, leaving deponent behind, that shortly after when on his return home, he met said Lemuel & one David Gray on the way to Boston to join Capt Noble's Company, & that said Gray was reported to be a substitute for said Jacob & that said Jacob was afterwards reported to have been with him at other short periods in the vicinity of Boston.

State of New York Tompkins county Clerk's office
I certify that Alvah Davis Esq. the person before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said county - and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe that his name subscribed to said affidavit is his proper hand writing and signature - Given under my hand and Seal of office August 18. 1832
Paul J. A. Clark of Tompkins county
I hereby certify that the within affidavit was drawn by me in this Town, and the facts were dictated by the within named applicant, he supposing the within deponent would recollect them as stated - that it was enclosed in a letter to the deponent, with directions for him to draw his pen across such portions, or statements as he could not recollect, before he swore to it, which explains the cause of the Erasures - Ithaca August 24th 1832 George Pettit
I George Pettit of the Town of Ithaca, County of Onondaga & State of New York do hereby certify upon Oath, that I am well acquainted with Thomas Benedict the within deponent, & have been so acquainted for more than fifteen years last past, and know him to be a Man of strict truth & veracity, & that his statement in the within deposition is entitled to full belief & credit.
George Pettit
Subscribed and sworn this 26th day of November 1833 before me
R. S. HESS Clerk of Onondaga County
Sworn to by Thomas Benedict the within deponent